Apparel-shoe heel.



M. LAGE. APPAREL 'sHoBHEBL APPLICATION FILED 00T. 25, 1911.

1,027,659. y Patentealvigyzmm www fi APPAREL-SHOE To all whom tmay/'concord'.

' Be it known thatjl, Minis-In LAGE, a citizen of the Unit-ed States,residing; at Gladbrook7 in the county of Tama 'andState of loiva, 'haveinvented a'certain.1ie \v. and useful Ap p arel'- Shoe Heel; 'o'fWh-ichthe 'folloW- ingis a specification.' i

The obJect of myinvention 'i's'to provide a 'heel for apparel shoes of.simple construction* Wlnch'lias the cushioning eaturefof a 'rubber'"heel While being free offthe rapid-Wear to- Whicli a rubber-heel issubject. y More particularly, 4it is niy. obj ect 'to 'pro-1 vide 2arubber heel 'which maybe easily -and quickly -attaclied to a Ashoe andto provide .plates above andjbelow. said' rubber heel 'forv fasteningthe'sameto a' shoe and :t'or'protect-- ping itfrom Wear, theparts 'of mydevice being so constrnctedthatthere are no nails,

screws or thelike in the rubberto interfere durable means .whereby'arubber heel may be '.My inventionfconsists'in4 certain de t-ails`,finfthe construction, arrangementv and comb'matlonof the" ..var1 usf parts'.of. tlie'xdevice,

whereby the objects conteniplate'd .are attained, as hreinaft'er morenllyset- :tort =h,.Y .pointed out'l in my claimsand illustrated "in theaccompanying. drawings, in JWhich Figure 1- shows a central-,zvertical,section through axheel for apparel shoes embodying my invention." jFig.2 Vshoivsfan.` invertedl Aplan view oft-lie upper'letal'plateg'g -l`i,g. L vshows aninverted'plan vien7 of my improved heel`f0r apparel'slioes'with the lower plate removed.`

In' theV accompanying drawingsglj'have" used". the. reference numeral 10fteindicate. farmet-alplateof propersliapeto be fitted to' ashoe from'which' 'the ordinary leather heel has. been removed.. -Thepla'te 'isprovided- 4With f-perforations 1l fiv'hich lare -l designed to 'receivenails orany otherfsuitablemeans Jfor securing the plate toashoe. Thep1ate1 0 is also provided with downwardly extending -lug's '12preferably -three number and l o` I cated'- respectively near therearedgejofthe plate IOin themiddle .theeofand. nea'rthe frontedge ofplate `l() 'near the sides thereof' .The lugs 412 are pro vided ;Witbperforations for'fthe purpose "hereinafter explainedj A.The lugs 12.are- 4formed by cutting short strips from the plate 10 'leaving'f-same'attached at' one end as shown in Fig. 2.

Specification' of Letters Patent.

. lApplication' led 0etober'25, 19 11. Serial No.f65 6,680. f

ratentjaaraifee, i911 and 'bending the strips at right angles to` saidplate.v Beneath the platey 10 isV a rubber The-rubber bday Aieiseproifiaalanni.; tical openings `14 extending:throughzztli bodv andlloc'ated in .suoli positions '.thatf.: when the rubber body ltjisplaced against? vthe .plate 1 0, vthe lugs 12 will be received in saidopenings..` In-the openings 141,1` place contractible coil springs' Oneend of each'sprin'g .151s secured t0 one jofthe lugs 12 by .beingextended 'through vthe opening 'vide ajmetal 'plate 16 having.integrally v.formed upwardly extending lugs 17. Y 1n the .lugs 17 areOpenings which yreceive the lower y w ends of therespect-ive springs 15Whichjare A further object is to provide smpleandl thuss'ecuredtotheplate 16.' 'I lie springs 15 -body p ortion- 13 Vwhich maybe soli-d'orni'ayf, have its central p ortio'n 'cut aiva'y zas@ shoivfn:l i-n Fig.3. .My purpose -in..- cu tti11g vaway-the;1' central.. portion of lthe.-rubbei body '13de/ to. 'f save Weight and material:4 1 l:

normally exertyielding pressure to hold the holdl tliepla't-el againstthe rubber bod)v 'Weight of theivearer 'dfV the shoe-beyond'the thosespringsbecome push nsprings .and aid iI.1,i vingl resiliency to theheel'.

My improved heel for apparel shoes hasAv all ,the advantages v`of the'resiliency of a rubber heel andv is'. at tli'e lsame tilne, practicall-y immune' from [ordinary 4wear.. w'llie plate -16 receivesthefrictio'nof the ground.

The jnseof vthe contractibleeoil springs- 15 p reventsany rattlingorplay between the part-s. The use. of said springs .also makes' litpossible'to dispense with' 'na-ils orscrews 495 in 4the rubber--body-'13 andenables me to se-` @are amaai ben-empf fhe 1-esi 1ien@y ofand rubber' b'ody The vmethod of making the' lugs v12 ashereivnbefore.described, enables nie. to stamp outqtheplates" 10 with greatl-rapidity2- and at a small expense.. The use of the rubber bodyl withthe central por- .tion'removed,v secures the vfull resiliency' ot'material andweight.v It will be in )tedgthattheplatel has no openings'Ain its' lower surface 'to permit the .entrance ofdirt or the like. Theuse of 'the contractible springs "a .rubber heelv with a considerablesaving of i metal plate designed to be secured to a shoe,Y

, contractib'le coil springs secured to said second plate and extendingthrough said rubber body, and secured respectivelyV `to said lugs. 4,

2. In a device ofthe` class described, a plate'designed to be secured toashoe, a

rubber body haring its central portion removed, and lia-ving verticalopenings eX- tending through it, a second plate belon1 said rubber body,contractible coil springs, each of which is securedto said second plate'extending upwardly through one of the openings in said rubber body andis secured to seid rst named plate. Y

metal plate designed to be secured to a shoe,

lugs formed thereon by cutting strips 1n said plate and bending saidstrips downwardly, a rubber body having its central portion removed andprovided with vertical openings, a second metal plate below said rubber`body provided with. upwardly c extending` lugs and contractible' coilsprings mountedV in the vertical openings in said rubber body, each ofwhich is secured at its respect-ive 'ends to one of the lugs on saidlower plate and t'o one of the lugs on said upper plate.

. Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 18, 1911.

MINNIE LAGE. ,'Witnesses 'CHASL Emiimkmf, .HARRY LUNDT.

